Subpulse Drifting, Nulling and Mode changing in PSR J1822$-$2256 [HEAP]

http://arxiv.org/abs/1802.00315


We report a detailed observational study of the single pulses from the pulsar J1822$-$2256. The pulsar shows the presence of subpulse drifting, nulling as well as multiple emission modes. During these observations the pulsar existed primarily in two modes; mode A with prominent drift bands and mode B which was more disorderly without any clear subpulse drifting. A third mode C was also seen for a short duration with a different drifting periodicity compared to mode A. The nulls were present throughout the observations but were more frequent during the disorderly B mode. The nulling also exhibited periodicity with a clear peak in the fluctuation spectra. Before the transition from mode A to nulling the pulsar switched to a third drifting state with periodicity different from both mode A and C. The diversity seen in the single pulse behaviour of the pulsar J1822$-$2256 provides an unique window into the emission physics.

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R. Basu and D. Mitra
Fri, 2 Feb 18
5/48

Comments: 11 pages, 10 figures, accepted for publication in MNRAS